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- Mar 3, 2012
The scoring here makes me believe a message has been sent to the U.S. judges "The ball is in your court", as far as the U.S. teams are concerned. Hubbell & Donahue are not getting marks they deserve because the judges do no trust them. They have a history of being error prone and they were given an opportunity at worlds, but blew it. They really should have gotten bronze here. They were hosed in the short program. The international judges will not elevate them until they do it on a national stage. If they win the U.S Championships, they will start to get the marks they deserve.
We may have become accustomed to degrees of lack of fair play in Ice Dance, but that doesn't mean I'm going to rationalize it as a justifiable practice. It's unacceptable.
Trust? History? Judge what's in front of you, dudes. That is the mandate for any sporting event. Not awarding performances the marks they deserve it's indefensible. At this point my prayers are not for skaters to do good work, but for judges to work with integrity. :noshake: